Modern History: Franklin D. Roosevelt - Six Fireside Chats 1933-1938

These clips deal with the New Deal. They include six of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Fireside Chats on the economic policy for fighting the Great Depression. All clips are somewhat edited partial Universal Newsreels. In these recordings Roosevelt reads shortened versions of the speeches. The full texts can be found here:
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/firesi90.html

And, the achievements of the Roosevelt administration are discussed in this film:
http://www.archive.org/details/openmind_ep1152
And, a discussion of the Roosevelts compared to recent politicians is found here:
http://www.archive.org/details/openmind_ep195